This is the next step in your aerobatic training. Working with Alan Mostek we created the follow on to our popular EPP Yak55 that will help you take your flying skills to the next level. Make no mistake that this plane will dial down so it can be flown sedately but it can be grown into and you can dial it up to 11 when you are ready. It is a bit more aggressive and agile than our Yak55 but sometimes that is what you need for the more hardcore maneuvers. Check out the 6 minute video of Alan flying it on our website

There will be a new foamie released by RA Cores at the Toledo show this year. It's our interpretation of an Extra which we had FastAlJr Mostek help tune for us. It's not on the website yet (release is April 6th at the Toledo Show) but here is a YouTube video of it flying 3/18/2018 in the Dome at Watervliet NY. Pricing will be the same as our Yak55 kit and it uses the same completer. Reports are it is more agile than the Yak55 so it's a good next step in your aerobatic development. Color combinations available will be Green/Purple as in the video, Orange/Medium Blue and Red/(White)/Dark Blue

Tim has done a nice review of our BluFO-XL kit and completer for RCGroups. Tim got a sneak peak of it at Joe Nall this year when we introduced it and got a chance to have the full experience of the build. Watch the thread for more as Tim has night flying lighting ideas as well as FPV plans over the next few months.

This version shrinks the popular Yak55 to a 67% size that allows it to be used in a smaller indoor venue while retaining all the great Leadfeather Yak55 qualities. With the power system we sell the weight comes in under 90g and using 180mah 2S batteries you get a great flying plane for small gymnasiums for the winter that is fully capable of flying outdoors in the better weather. We have also shrunken our standard paint scheme and they are available in the same rainbow of colors popular with our standard 32" Yak55s. You can order it here.

Joel "MetroGTI" Dirnberger has tinkered with the BluFO platform yet again by doing up a version with twin motors. In doing so he has addressed several challenges and gone with a more traditional tractor design. Because he kept the main footprint the same and just extended the dorsal fins forward for motor pods, a higher KV motor was required to turn smaller diameter props for clearance. Another added benefit to the two motors is the ability to use differential thrust to give good yaw control. This kit is now shipping in both plain and vinyl graphics versions with a completer pack available shortly.

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We will be a vendor at Joe Nall again this year. The trailer will be packed and the products inaccessible on tuesday (5/5) for the trip. Anything ordered after monday will not be shipped before we get back monday May 18th. If you are attending Joe Nall be sure to stop by our booth

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Thank you for everyone that stopped by the Toledo booth to say hi and especially Jim T for more nice pictures. We will have a booth at Joe Nall and be there then entire week. We are also Glacier battery dealers now and so if there are any particular sizes you would be interested in getting, let me know prior to 4/25 and I will bring them to the show. I will have batteries for the RTF Yak55s and BluFOs I will have in the booth again this year. If there are any of our products (or specific colors) you want to be sure to get, drop me a message and I will set them aside for you

Steven McCormack just maidened his BluFO he got at WRAM (the snow is finally melted) and will be flying it down on the 3D line so check it out. Flying 5' off the deck on the maiden sure speaks to the stability. I can't wait to see what he does when he gets comfortable!

I will be packing for the WRAM show on wednesday and will be in the National Balsa booth through sunday. I will begin processing new orders tuesday 2/24. If you happen to be attending, stop over and say hi!

Another event season in the books. I have returned from HHAEFI and caught up on orders from while I was gone and now is the time to prepare for Christmas and start the "new models for next year" process.

Final packing day. Get the groceries packed and the trailer all tied down and leave tomorrow morning early. I will be out of touch until sunday night once I get there. If you are going to be there, stop by, I'll be on the north end of vendor row